Who's the strongest boy?! Casey the Saint Bernard bows to his owner, Jeff Nelson, as Nelson coaxes him on in the World Championship Dog Weight Pull in Anchorage. Casey pulled a sled carrying 1,190 pounds to claim the heavyweight division title.

Care to comment? A reporter tries to interview a topless Femen protester as she's being subdued by riot police outside a polling station in Milan where former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was casting his ballot. The woman had the slogan "Basta Berlusconi" ("Enough of Berlusconi") scrawled on her back.

He has the same expression as the tiger in 'Life of Pi': Deemed too fat for for his own good, Elmo the cat reluctantly swims laps at the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine in Knoxville. The 24-pound kitty has been enrolled in the Canine Arthritis Rehabilitation Exercise Sports Medicine program to lose weight, even though he's no doggy paddler, obviously.

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See spots swim: Not all cats hate water, of course - for example, this jaguar at the Petro Velho Farm refuge in Corumba de Goias, Brazil.

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Pyrotechnic parsimony: A Chinese blacksmith throws molten iron against a cold stone wall to create sparks during the Lantern Festival in Nuanquan, China. The festival traditionally marks the end of Lunar New Year celebrations. The villagers have been flinging molten metal during the festival for more than 300 years, mainly because it's cheaper than buying fireworks.

Cramped quarters: A dorm on the campus of Nangarhar University outside Jalalabad, Afghanistan, offers all the amenities of a medium-security prison. As fighting Taliban militants consumes most of the country's resources, rebuilding the educational system is not a political priority.

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Luge hocks up a Kiwi: In Auckland, a New Zealander launches into the air at the end of a 650-meter-long water slide.

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Don't say you weren't warned: Slick roadway claims a victim during a blizzard along Interstate 27 in Lubbock, Texas. The storm, which dumped snow across the Plains, brought hurricane-force winds to the Lone Star State.

I feel a tea party coming on: A 3-year-old Alice named Violet Kellogg snuggles with bunnies inside the Radix ecological sustainability center greenhouse in Albany, N.Y.

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Southwest, now with daily flights to the Sea of Tranquility: A Southwest Airlines jet is silhouetted against the full moon over Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix.

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Candlelight procession: Buddhist monks march around a pagoda on Makha Bhucha Day at the Dhammakaya Temple in Pathumthani province, Thailand. Makha Bhucha day, celebrated on the full moon of the third lunar month, commemorates the mass ordination of 1,250 monks by Buddha.

There is no joy in Funtown: The sun rises behind the Jet Star Roller Coaster, which has been sitting in the ocean since Superstorm Sandy ravaged Funtown Pier in Seaside Heights, N.J. The owners of the amusement pier are working with insurers to devise a plan to dismantle the ride and get it out of the water.

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